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Tongue-driven sonar beam steering by a lingual-echolocating fruit bat. [PDF]

PLoS Biology, 2017
Animals enhance sensory acquisition from a specific direction by movements of head, ears, or eyes. As active sensing animals, echolocating bats also aim their directional sonar beam to selectively "illuminate" a confined volume of space, facilitating ...
Wu-Jung Lee, Benjamin Falk, Chen Chiu, Anand Krishnan, Jessica H Arbour, Cynthia F Moss   +5 more
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Nest Predation in the Canarian Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae): An Experimental Study Using Artificial Nests

Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 3, May 2026.
We investigated nest predation in the endangered Canarian houbara bustard using 229 artificial nests and camera traps. Ravens were identified as the main predators, and predation rates were influenced by raven density, vegetation cover, stone cover, and road density.
Alberto Ucero, Juan Carlos Alonso, Inmaculada Abril‐Colón   +2 more
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Phytochemical Diversity, Nutritional Values, and Biological Properties of Halopithys incurva (Hudson) Batters, 1902

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
Halopithys incurva is a red macroalga distributed across the Mediterranean Sea and North‐East Atlantic, with occasional reports from the Indian Ocean. It exhibits a rich chemical diversity, including isoflavones, bromophenols, MAAs, pigments, phycobiliproteins, primary metabolites, and neuroactive compounds.
Youssra Aalilou, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Kaoutar Benrahou, Mustapha Hassoun, Hanaa Moussa, Issam Ameziane El Hassani, Waleed Al Abdulmonem, Learn‐Han Lee, Gokhan Zengin, My El Abbes Faouzi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Air pollution likely reduces hemoglobin levels in urban fruit bats

iScience
Summary: Air pollution is one of the world’s most substantial environmental problems. Air pollution is more severe in urban environments. Besides humans, other animals also inhabit cities.
Omri Gal, Ofri Eitan, Adi Rachum, Maya Weinberg, Dean Zigdon, Reut Assa, Colin Price, Yossi Yovel   +7 more
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Isolation of a Novel Fusogenic Orthoreovirus from Eucampsipoda africana Bat Flies in South Africa

Viruses, 2016
We report on the isolation of a novel fusogenic orthoreovirus from bat flies (Eucampsipoda africana) associated with Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) collected in South Africa.
Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Michael Wiley, Gustavo Palacios, Nadia Storm, Stewart McCulloch, Wanda Markotter, Monica Birkhead, Alan Kemp, Janusz T. Paweska   +8 more
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Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) insusceptibility to mucosal inoculation with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is not caused by receptor compatibility

npj Viruses
The ancestral sarbecovirus giving rise to SARS-CoV-2 is posited to have originated in bats. While SARS-CoV-2 causes asymptomatic to severe respiratory disease in humans, little is known about the biology, virus tropism, and immunity of SARS-CoV-2-like ...
Julia R. Port, Jade C. Riopelle, Sarah van Tol, Arthur Wickenhagen, Eric Bohrnsen, Daniel E. Sturdevant, Rebecca Rosenke, Jamie Lovaglio, Justin Lack, Sarah L. Anzick, Kathleen Cordova, Kwe Claude Yinda, Patrick W. Hanley, Tony Schountz, Lon V. Kendall, Carl I. Shaia, Greg Saturday, Craig Martens, Benjamin Schwarz, Vincent J. Munster   +19 more
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Obesity and Natural Products: Mechanisms, Therapeutic Potential, and Future Directions

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2026.
Natural products such as EGCG, berberine, curcumin, and capsaicin modulate key metabolic pathways including AMPK activation, adipogenesis inhibition, and inflammatory signaling. While clinical trials demonstrate modest benefits on body weight and metabolic parameters, translational challenges related to bioavailability, dose feasibility, and regulatory
Ohoud M. Marie, Abdelghafar Abu‐Elsaoud   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Natural History of the Egyptian Fruit Bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, in Turkey (Mammalia: Chiroptera) [PDF]

, 2008
Aspects of the ecology, karyology, and taxonomic status of the Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, in the Mediterranean region of Turkey were investigated based on 41 specimens obtained between 1977 and 2003.
Irfan, Albayrak, Tarkan, Yorulmaz, Nursel, Afian   +2 more
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Fruit-feeding behaviour and use of olfactory cues by the fruit bat Rousettus leschenaulti: an experimental study

, 2007
This paper describes the feeding behaviour ofRousettus leschenaulti Desmarest, 1820 on lychees, the preferred cultivated food of this bat in captive conditions.
Stuart Parsons, Bing Liang, Cao, M, Shu Y. Zhang, Parsons, Stuart, Z. H. Tang, Min Cao, Liang, B, Tang, ZH, Zhang, SY, Sheng, LX, Lian X. Sheng   +11 more
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Cross-species spill-over potential of the H9N2 bat influenza A virus

Nature Communications
In 2017, a novel influenza A virus (IAV) was isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat. In contrast to other bat influenza viruses, the virus was related to avian A(H9N2) viruses and was probably the result of a bird-to-bat transmission event. To determine the
Rabeh El-Shesheny, John Franks, Ahmed Kandeil, Rebecca Badra, Jasmine Turner, Patrick Seiler, Bindumadhav M. Marathe, Trushar Jeevan, Lisa Kercher, Meng Hu, Yul Eum Sim, Kenrie P. Y. Hui, Michael C. W. Chan, Andrew J. Thompson, Pamela McKenzie, Elena A. Govorkova, Charles J. Russell, Peter Vogel, James C. Paulson, J. S. Malik Peiris, Robert G. Webster, Mohamed A. Ali, Ghazi Kayali, Richard J. Webby   +23 more
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